Last weekend, there was an institute dance at the Naval Academy. It was a formal dance so we got all decked out and ready to party. It was a typical church dance - bad music, lots of slow songs and line dances, and 3 to 1 ratio of girls to guys but it was pretty fun.

Shanna & me

Milu, Mary, & Me

That night Mary, Milu, Camille, Michelle, Danielle, and I got a hotel room and stayed over night. Camille booked a room at the local Extended Stay America (which I wasn't too thrilled about of course) and they ended up over booking so we had to stay in smoking rooms. Needless to say, it made for an interesting, smelly night but it was fun. We met up with Camille's cousin the next day at the Naval Academy for a quick tour and then sailing! We went out for a few hours and actually had to hide two of us in the belly of the boat since we were only allowed to have 6 on the boat (there were 8 of us including Camille's cousin and his roommate). Luckily we weren't caught by anyone important, but we did get a couple strange looks from people near us. It was so relaxing and fulfilled one of my goals since I moved out here. We proceeded to get some good food at a local cafe and then ventured to the wonderful gelato place where we found paradise! It is definitely one of my new loves! After spending several hours surrounded by the Naval Academy boys, my friends and I started considering going for the younger men.... we will see how long that last since most of the guys we met hadn't left on their missions yet!

The gang

Our sail boat & me!